LA Tech vs North Texas 9/25/21 College Football Picks, Odds, Predictions

The Louisiana Tech Bulldogs meet the North Texas Mean Green Saturday in week 4 college football action at Joe Aillet Stadium. The North Texas Mean Green need a win here to get back to a .500 record. The Louisiana Tech Bulldogs also need a win here to improve to 2-2 on the season.

The North Texas Mean Green have split their last four road games. Jace Ruder is completing 56.5 percent of his passes for 531 yards, three touchdowns and five interceptions. Roderic Burns and Jyaire Shorter have combined for 383 receiving yards and one touchdown while Jason Pirtle has nine receptions. The North Texas Mean Green ground game is averaging 196 yards per contest, and DeAndre Torrey leads the way with 397 yards and three touchdowns. Defensively, North Texas is allowing 29.7 points and 453.7 yards per game. KD Davis leads the North Texas Mean Green with 27 tackles, Kameron Hill has two sacks and Makyle Sanders has one interception.

The Louisiana Tech Bulldogs have won four of their last six home games. Austin Kendall is completing 61.2 percent of his passes for 837 yards, seven touchdowns and three interceptions. Tre Harris and Bub Means have combined for 355 receiving yards and four touchdowns while Smoke Harris has 14 receptions. The Louisiana Tech Bulldogs ground game is averaging 144.3 yards per contest, and Marcus Williams Jr. leads the way with 185 yards on 44 carries. Defensively, Louisiana Tech is allowing 38.7 points and 536 yards per game. Tyler Grubbs leads the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs with 27 tackles, Levi Bell has three sacks and BeeJay Williamson has two interceptions.

The Mean Green are 2-12 ATS in their last 14 road games and 7-24 ATS in their last 31 games overall. The Bulldogs are 6-1 ATS vs. a team with a losing record and 3-7 ATS in their last 10 games overall. The under is 14-5 in Mean Green last 19 road games. The over is 6-1 in Bulldogs last 7 games overall. The Mean Green are 1-6 ATS in their last 7 meetings.

The North Texas Mean Green have gotten smacked around in their last two games and their defensive effort simply hasn’t been good to say the least. Louisiana Tech Bulldogs have a top-30 passing attack in the country and their two losses have come by a combined three points. North Texas is 3-8 against the spread in its last 11 games as a double-digit underdog. I have no choice but to lay the chalk with LA Tech at home.